Calling all Stargate Fans!

[tadz]

um i am also working on a star-trek/ Starate mixed ship called the enterprise for General O'niel wanting i ship called the enterprise, and after his retirement they started to make him a tribute ship

[tadz]

sorry for the multie i have finished the cargo he it is (below) and the mix well i have started but only from front view

[freekzilla]

Originally Posted by scorpius

Well the idea of the fins moving is merely an emergency measure. Having a retractable landing spire is all well and good if you were planning on landing, but if the ship is damaged and have to make an unplanned landing on a random planet to make repairs (which may include the Asgard beams going offline for example) then an emergency system to get them on the ground I think is a safe option. Baring in mind this is very soon after they gain the Asgard tech and so might be a little unsure quite how well the systems are going to mix in with current Tau'ri systems. Like I say, just an safety feature really rather than a system that would be used on a day-to-day basis

Scorp,
I had an idea on how to resolve the fin problem. How about if the fins were made up of individual panels and when you go to land, the individual panels fold out and then up, but instead of the panels being attached at the top, they are attached near the middle. I've included two simple pix as visual aids to show what I mean. Heck, you could have the rear landing gear located in this location, so instead of having the landing gear having to be extended and retracted, the panels hiding the gear are.

It's not perfect, but it would greatly reduce the height of the fins. It's just a concept. I think you'll get what I mean though.

[scorpius]

See I really like that idea, however I'm not sure it'll translate properly to this design. Because of the positioning of the fins in relation to the fighter bays there's nowhere for the panel to go on that side. This system is something I'd certainly like to look into for future designs though freek.

What I've done is gotten rid of the rotating lower fin because I wasn't all that keen on it. Instead, I've flattened out the lower fins so they're more like my other fin designs. The idea is now, once the ship gets it's Asgard fin upgrades, they would also install a main anti-gravity emitter at the front of the ship to keep that end up while landing, and the lower fins would actually make contact with the surface. Also, an emergency landing strut would be installed at the front in case the anti-grav emitter was not functional for whatever reason.

[-Raynor-]

I wonder why are you not doing space station from parts of Midway? I was thinking about it and it could be very ISSish.

[scorpius]

Well I had thought about using the Midway for inspiration but the thing is they never showed much of it or where exactly they were going with it. The station that was shown seemed very much a bare-bones in progress station

[-Raynor-]

Doesn't matter, I presume that uncompleted module will be finisher and than could be connected to another same module using some kind of Unity from ISS or something. You can connect six modules like that for basic construction, surprisingly this kinda remind me ancient defense satelite. And with final touch, you can add "joint construction" (not sure how to say in English) like those on ISS. Another parts like defensive modules or large dry dock for BCs, attached to basic construction. It's maybe not giant orbital station, but I like the idea combining Midway and ISS.

[scorpius]

I'm assuming by ISS you mean the International Space Station? I've never really been a fan of the design (purely aesthetically, I'm no expert on how good the design is theory wise). I quite like the modular idea, and I do plan on having something like that in the design in future (I'd like to have it so that a station that is originally built for, say, research purposes could then be adapted to serve as a form of defense if war broke out for example, and like you say Raynor having construction modules would be useful so ships could be constructed on any already built station). For now though I'm taking a break from the station to work on the Icarus and Ares vessels.

I do have some updates on both ships. I'll do the Ares first (will upload images in the next post). I've messed about with the shape of it and I realised I had the proportions quite off before, I think I've got it better now. Also did a bit more with the middle section between the fins and the main hull. So that about sums it up for the Ares for today.

As for the Icarus, I've added a few bits and pieces. The main changes are the fins which now have solid bottoms, and I've built a landing gear (whether this particular one will stay I don't know, first time I've ever attempted to build one). One thing I've wanted to keep was the kind of "addon" look to the fins. The ship was an upgrade from the first Daedalus class vessels but it was never intended to have these added on, so I want them to look like they fit but not essentially like they were always intended to...if that makes ANY sense whatsoever.

[scorpius]

and here's the Ares update pics. C&C welcome as always

[tadz]

scorpius i love the angel from the back looks awsome, similer to the daedalus but not the daedalus. Great work keep it coming